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- Re: June in the Northern Hemisphere 2020 2020, June 29thQuote from: Mariette on June 27, 2020, 10:05:15 PMLovely pics, Leena! The peonies are withered here, though ?Myrtle Gentry?was still in flower a few days ago behind the budding Veratrum album.Thank you Mariette , ...
- Re: June in the Northern Hemisphere 2020 2020, June 27thLovely pics, Leena! The peonies are withered here, though ?Myrtle Gentry?was still in flower a few days ago behind the budding Veratrum album.Now that the veratrum is in flower, Veronic...
- Re: Paeonia 2020 2020, June 26thPeony season got ahead of me this year, and I missed getting a photo of the first to bloom (Paeonia mloksewitschii). Molly was followed by rockii, and I am over the moon happy that the second seedling bloomed this year, and turned out to be a classic w...
- Re: June in the Northern Hemisphere 2020 2020, June 25thQuote from: cohan on June 25, 2020, 07:19:20 PMLeena-- nice tulips, whatever the name-- the stories of how they end up labelled can be interesting in itself! moving a peony-- someone is ambitious That peony is a hy...
- Re: Paeonia 2020 2020, June 12thThanks Gabriela. Quote from: arisaema on June 12, 2020, 02:30:59 AMYou got me wanting to dig into seeing if there are any genetic studies on the relationship between the three, it's been too long since I looked at a peony ...
- Re: Paeonia 2020 2020, June 12thQuote from: Leena on June 11, 2020, 07:44:57 PMNow that you mentioned it, the leaves do look like P.mairei. P.mairei is shorter plant, and flowers here two weeks before either P.obovata ssp willmottie or P.anomala. P.mair...
- Re: Paeonia 2020 2020, June 12thQuote from: Leena on June 10, 2020, 07:54:36 AMEarly peonies go over so fast. They are wonderful though when in flower. Here is another picture of P.x smouthii, it already over now.The second picture is from my P.wittmann...
- Re: Paeonia 2020 2020, June 11thQuote from: arisaema on June 11, 2020, 06:43:23 AMThat's fascinating, any chance you could show a picture of a leaf? Any fragrance? It looks an awful lot like P. mairei, which, coincidentally, is native to the area of China w...
- Re: Paeonia 2020 2020, June 11thQuote from: Leena on June 10, 2020, 07:54:36 AMThe last peony is a one I have grown from my own open pollinated seeds of P.obovata ssp willmottiae, and obviously bees have been doing their work and I think this is cross with ...
- Re: Paeonia 2020 2020, June 10thEarly peonies go over so fast. They are wonderful though when in flower. Here is another picture of P.x smouthii, it already over now.The second picture is from my P.wittmanniana, or what I have gotten as such. It is not mlokosewitchii.It's flower...
- Re: Paeonia 2020 2020, June 7thQuote from: Carolyn on June 02, 2020, 10:31:19 PMI have 5 or 6 plants of P. emodi in part shade and only one (the one in the sunnier spot) has several flowers this year. I am wondering whether to move the others to a sunnier ...
- Re: Paeonia 2020 2020, June 3rdGabriela - fantastic collection. I'm so taken with P. mascula!
- Re: Paeonia 2020 2020, June 3rdQuote from: Leena on June 02, 2020, 01:26:10 PMPaeonia x smouthii yesterday in the first picture, very similar is Paeonia x hybrida in the second. It is a naturally occuring cross between P.tenuifolia and P.anomala. The peony...
- Re: Paeonia 2020 2020, June 2ndThanks for the info, Leena. I have 5 or 6 plants of P. emodi in part shade and only one (the one in the sunnier spot) has several flowers this year. I am wondering whether to move the others to a sunnier place, or maybe just feed them? (I don't usually...
- Re: Paeonia 2020 2020, June 2ndIt is a hybrid P.tenuifolia x P.lactiflora, much taller plant than P.tenuifolia and seems to be easy to please. It grows in full sun.In shade or part shade I have P.mairei, P.obovata, P.japonica, some P.anomala, and P.daurica types. In full sun are P....
- Re: Paeonia 2020 2020, June 2ndLeena,P. x smouthii is really beautiful, I haven't seen it before. Do you grow your paeonies in shade?
- Re: Paeonia 2020 2020, June 2ndPaeonia x smouthii yesterday in the first picture, very similar is Paeonia x hybrida in the second. It is a naturally occuring cross between P.tenuifolia and P.anomala. The peony flowering with one flower behind it is P.mollis.
- Re: Paeonia 2020 2020, June 1stPeony season has started also here. First to open was P.mairei (now over), then P.japonica (and P.obovata) which is still flowering.Third picture is of a plant grown from seed ex, P.caucasica. It is a small plant and it has now flowered twice, and ...
- Re: Paeonia 2020 2020, June 1stP. lactiflora 'Jan van Leeuwen' action shot
- Re: Paeonia 2020 2020, June 1stA couple of un-named Paeonia
American Peony Society
- 2020 Gold Medal Winner 2020, June 20th‘Hillary’ The American Peony Society is pleased to announce ‘Hillary’ as the recipient of the 2020 Gold Medal and the 2021 Peony of the Year. ‘Hillary’ is a cultivar belonging to the Itoh (Intersectional) group, which is a hybrid between a herbaceous peony and a woody (tree) peony. Registered in 1999 by hybridizer Roger Anderson […]
- Top 20 Peony Popularity Poll 2020, May 28thTake the APS Popularity Poll: The 20 Peonies I Have to Own Deadline July 15, 2020 What if you were limited to just 20 peonies – those personal favorites you just can’t do without for your garden? What would be on your have-to-have list? The American Peony Society is conducting a popularity poll to find out. […]
- Paeonia wendelboi 2020, May 10thPaeonia wendelboi is one of the newer species being seen in a number of collections worldwide. The species originates in the Talysh area of Iran and was introduced into culture in 1980 through the collection of seeds. The habitat is located in Northeast Iran in a low mountain region. The region is dry, rocky and […]
- Frost Damaged Peonies 2020, May 4thSpring in the north almost always brings the challenges of frost damaged peonies. Often damage by light freezes is visible through wilting stems in the morning and plants bounce back later in the day. Occasionally colder nights produce lasting damage exemplified by dead shoots, which do not recover. Generally temperatures which fall below 25 F […]
- Member Portal 2020, April 16thNew Features For American Peony Society Members Attention American Peony Society Members, the exclusive Member Portal is operational and ready for use! If you are not a paid member of the American Peony Society, please purchase a membership which includes access to this new feature and a subscription to the Bulletin (among other things). […]
- 2020 APS Convention – Cancelled 2020, March 20th2020 Convention, Exhibition and Flower Show Cancelled CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) NOTICE – Now that the novel coronavirus has been declared an international pandemic, the American Peony Society has made the difficult decision to cancel the Annual Convention scheduled for June 11 – 14, 2020, at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Out of an abundance of caution and […]
- 2019 Directory of New Peony Cultivars 2020, February 11thNow available: APS Bookstore The Directory features descriptions and color images of each cultivar registered through the APS in 2019. Softcover. 56 pages. Supplies are limited. More than 100 new peony cultivar registrations were processed by the APS in 2019. This represents the largest class of registrations since 2001, when 276 were recorded (mostly submitted […]
- Canadian Peony Society National Show (Cancelled) 2020, January 18thAnnouncing The CPS National Show (Cancelled due to pandemic concerns) Get Your Peony Fix North of the Border Each year a number of peony gatherings are planned in North America and the CPS show is one of the gems. While this show takes place in Canada, many Americans make the trip north to view the […]
- Visit a Peony Garden This Spring 2019, December 10thFew plants rival peonies in bloom and finding a garden that has more than a couple examples is easier than you might think. Numerous public, private and commercial gardens open their doors during peony bloom season each year and welcome visitors to see their collections. Peonies have a defined bloom season, thus some planning is […]
- Why Plant Peonies in the Fall? 2019, December 6thPlant in Fall, Purchase in Winter/Spring When to purchase-when to plant This post comes a bit late in the season, but we were busy planting our peonies! Peonies are sold through much of the year, but the best time to plant them hasn’t changed-FALL only! Why? Peonies grow nearly all of their roots in the […]
Canadian Peony Society
- Showing Peonies 2020, April 3rdThe post Showing Peonies appeared first on Canadian Peony Society.
- Pests & Disease 2020, April 3rdThe food storage roots of well-grown healthy peonies will generally by symmetrical in outline and in cross section, smooth of surface. If there are branch storage roots, expect them to be smaller but otherwise similar. Also, by late summer, as we get into digging season, expect the current year feeder roots (those which have not […]
- Gift poem by Blaine Marchand 2020, April 3rdGift - A.P. Saunders pauses before he begins hybridization, Clinton, NY, 1917. Sable brush in hand, amid cupped peonies drenched in sunlight, iridescent as fine china, the memory of my father blooms. The post Gift poem by Blaine Marchand appeared first on Canadian Peony Society.
- Perfecting Peonies by Blaine Marchand 2020, April 3rdThe post Perfecting Peonies by Blaine Marchand appeared first on Canadian Peony Society.
- Planting / Care / Drying / Cutting / Storing 2020, April 3rdThere are over 5,000 varieties of the common garden or herbaceous peony. Fall is the opportune time to plant your freshly dug roots. If you purchase a potted root these can be planted anytime of the year. The post Planting / Care / Drying / Cutting / Storing appeared first on Canadian Peony Society.
- Creating New Peonies 2020, April 3rdArthur Percy (A.P.) Saunders, over his long career as a peony hybridizer, had over 17,224 seedlings (hybrids, tree peonies and species peonies) in his gardens. He propagated and named only 271 of them. Interestingly, only 11 of these were officially registered. The post Creating New Peonies appeared first on Canadian Peony Society.
- Hybridizing Peonies by Margaret Sequeira 2020, April 3rdHybridizing is as simple as playing bee. Yes, I said bee. Hybridizing is full of wonder, leaving us full of delighted anticipation. Choose the plants which characteristics you most admire. eg: the size of bloom from one and the height of another. The post Hybridizing Peonies by Margaret Sequeira appeared first on Canadian Peony Society.
- Flower Forms in Peonies 2020, April 3rdThere are five basic flower forms generally acknowledged to occur in herbaceous peonies. Unfortunately, the demarcation where one form leaves off, and another begins, is not always distinct, nor sharply defined. The post Flower Forms in Peonies appeared first on Canadian Peony Society.
- Controlled Germination Of Peony Seeds Indoors by Don Hollingsworth 2020, April 3rdA peony seed germinates in response to the same sequence of environmental conditions whether it is out of doors where nature has full sway, or is kept indoors in contrived conditions. In either case the minimum requirements of a particular seed must be met or it will fail. Each peony seed has its own individual […]
Southern Peony
- 2020 Peony Blooms Week 9 Very Very Very Late 2020, May 23rdWOW. Is there another word for Wow? This is definitely mind blowing! For the first time ever here at Southern Peony, we've had a Week 9 Bloom Season! That is probably very rare, especially for the South, where it usually goes from winter to summer in 1 week flat. LOL. I must say I am […]
- 2020 How to Make a Peony Support Ring from a Tomato Cage 2020, May 22ndPeony 'White Cap' in Dire Need of Support Day after day, I just couldn't take looking at it this way anymore. This Peony 'White Cap' just kept blooming and blooming. I thought at some point it would just quit blooming and I wouldn't have to watch the blooms keep opening on the ground, but it […]
- 2020 Peony Blooms Week 8 Very Very Late 2020, May 17thIt looks like the "Firefly"s came out this week. It is always so neat to see the wild, twisted, and striped petals on Peony 'Raspberry Firely' and Peony 'Pink Firefly'. Peony 'Candy Stipe' is always one of the last peonies to bloom in my garden, and I always look forward to it's peppermint like stipes […]
- 2020 Giant Leaves on Herbaceous Peony 'Juliska'!! 2020, May 15thHerbaceous Peony 'Juliska' Giant Leaves 10 Inches Across So the foliage on the Peony 'Juliska' is not as large as the foliage that grew on my 2013 Peony Foliage on Steriods! Peony 'Bowl of Cream'. However it is still really, really big. I am wondering if this Peony 'Juliska' foliage will grow this large every […]
- 2020 Giant Bloom on Intersectional Peony 'Gordon E. Simonson' 2020, May 15thIntersectional Peony 'Gordon E. Simonson' WOW! That's all I can really say about this Giant Bloom on my Intersectional Peony 'Gordon E. Simonson'. Of all the intersectional peonies I grow, the flowers on this one are definitely the largest. This is actually the first year this intersectional peony has bloomed for me. I first planted […]
- 2020 Intersectional Peony Blooms Week 7 Very Late 2020, May 10thNever Have I Ever...1. Never Have I Ever had 4 weeks of intersectional peony cultivar blooms opening for the first time, until 2 weeks ago!2. Never Have I Ever had 5 weeks of intersectional peony cultivar blooms opening for the first time, until last week!3. Never Have I Ever had an intersectional peony open for […]
- 2020 Peony Blooms Week 7 Very Late 2020, May 9thThe lactifloras are definitely out this week. I can't believe how many blooms we had opening this past week in May our 7th week of bloom! I have never seen a bloom season quite like this one, and I am just thrilled. I wish our spring weather could be this temperate and easy on the […]
- 2020 Transplanting an Intersectional Peony 'Bartzella' in Spring to Grandma's House 2020, May 8thTransplanting an Intersectional Peony 'Bartzella'in Spring to Grandma's House Maybe I was encouraged by the mild spring we've been having. Or maybe I just couldn't bear to see Grandma's yellow peony not thrive and grow another year in a row. So I decided to dig her up one of my Intersectional Peony 'Bartzella' plants in […]
- 2020 More Intersectional Peony Seedling Babies Pop Up! 2020, May 7thMore Intersectional Peony Seedlings Pop Up - 4/26 They're alive! They're alive!! Well, it took quite a while from when the first intersectional peony seedling popped up on March 26th, 2020 Intersectional Peony Seedling Pops Up!, for another one of them to pop up. It was literally a month later when the 2nd two intersectional […]
- 2020 Tulip World Intersectional Peony 'Scrumdidleyumptious' Actually Peony 'Coral Charm' 2020, May 6thTulip World Intersectional Peony 'Scrumdidleyumptious'Actually Peony 'Coral Charm' Well, I suppose if you're going to get an incorrect peony for $12.95, Peony 'Coral Charm' is a great peony to get. I must say it is definitely disappointing to get the wrong peony from 2018 Tulip World Offers Intersectional Peony 'Scrumdidleyumptious' for $12.95!, but I think […]
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